1st Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
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Provisional 1st Bombardment Wing General Orders #1 dated 15 June 1942.
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Claude Duncan
Military | Brigadier General | Commander
Assumed command of the 1st Bombardment Wing on 27 July 1942. Replaced by Colonel Newton Longfellow on 21 August 1942 per 1st Bombardment Wing General Orders #5 dated 21 August 1942.
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Brampton Grange
Military site : non-airfield
The First Air Division HQ was established at the Grange Hotel, Brampton and very quickly became operational on 15th June 1942 under the command of Colonel Claude E Duncan; on 19th August, Brampton was officially activated as the First Bomb Wing...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 June 2018 20:19:45 | bombercommand | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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AFHRA REEL B5221, page 460 |
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